Customer Reviews
The Newly Qualified Nurse's Handbook by Bethann Siviter - By: Ms. Lisa Dade, 10 Dec 2008 
As a third year student I found this book particularly useful as a guidein preparing myself as a qualified nurse. It gives helpful advice on organising yourself for an interview, it indicates what is expected from future employers & provides ideas for personal statements & presentations. It also highlights areas such as how to be successfulin time management & the importance of delegating work to others. The book explores ways of communicating with patients & how to reflect on good & bad practice. The book is full of handy tips & advice, which I'm sure, will be very useful as a referencein the future. It is writtenin a way, which is easy to read, & the language is easy to understand.
Really useful - By: Rosetta M. Wilson, 19 Nov 2008 
Really useful & practical advice throughout the book. Helps to alleviate those fears that students have prior to qualifying. Advises on how to survive the wards & become a competent nurse through reflection & effective communication. Excellent advice on CV writing, interviews & continuous professional development. Recommend it to all newly qualifying nurses.
The book!!!!!!!!! - By: Ms. Z. Ali, 13 Oct 2008 This is a must have book starting out as a newly qualifed nurse. The books is well layed out & concise with the information it's providing. Brilliant book to have, so much so that everyone I know is always borrowing it, even nurses who have been qualifed for years.
So if your soon to be qualifed this is the book to have.
Really useful advice - By: Katherine Windass, 24 Jun 2008 This is a great book for those approaching qualification or who are newly qualified. It covers all the areas where you need a bit of advice, such as writing a CV & getting a first job, time management, leadership & reflection. It is very clear & easy to read.
I know- I wrote it. - By: B. Siviter, 25 Apr 2008 When the Student Nurse Handbook (2004 by Balliere Tindall) came out, the feedback we received was- "It's Great! But I understand now- what's next?"
This book was intended to pick up where the Student Nurse Handbook (SNH)left off, helping you move from being a student nurse to working & practising as a nurse- but just as much it was intended for those already working as nurses to be sure their practice lived up to the standards required.
Its not about *how* to do things, its about *why* you do them, supporting you to develop your clinical judgement & decision making.
The chapters start with help getting a job- CV, interview, how to do a seminar presentation- & then go into helping you develop the art that is your nursing practice. The popular seminar "Transitioning from Student to Staff Nurse" evolved into a chapter of its own, with guidance on what we want from youin the clinical areas & how to survive going from a no-pay student to an earning, accountable & competent nurse.
As with the Student Nurse Handbook, I wrote this as if you were a friend with whom I was sharing time, but unlike the SNH this was written after I have spent a substantial period as a patient so the focus includes an increased awareness of what patients need from nurses.
There are fewer cartoons thanin the SNH, but just as many examples & scenarios from practice, giving you concrete tips on how to not just survive but enjoy your new career.
There is a substantial chapter on mentorship, & one on developing your reflection into reflectionin action, allowing you to make better use of your decision making skills, & a chapter on research & evidence based practice, assisting you to develop a more evidence-based approach to care.
Allin all, this book is basic, but that doesn't mean its not important. The art of nursing is one that needs constant work to remain focused & up to date- this book should assist youin developing your career & practice.Its foundedin nursing theory & presented with clear words, useful examples,humour & a passion for nursing.
The only shortcomingin my opinion is that there is not a lot of room for models- but the 2nd edition of the SNH will have expanded modelsin it; there was not enough room for nursing models, & the hope is that by qualification you would have understood that part well enough to not miss it. What it does promote however is that you arein control of your nursing, that you have the reason & right to be proud of being a nruse, & that it is your obligation to do the best you can to be the nurse your patient needs.
Thank you for buying the books I write for you- when I write, I try to imagine each individual parting with hard earned money & hoping that what I give them is a fair trade. Let me know how I can make this book a better value & more useful resource by writing me through the publisher.
And thank you for caring enough about your nursing to want to be the best nurse possible.
